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What Risks Are You Taking?

...The life of an entrepreneur revolves around managing risk and failure - with the hope that your efforts will eventually lead to success. This is more true for bootstrappers than for any other type ...

The Trade War That Wasn't

© kludgebox Remember the Obama Administration's new tariff on tires made in China? When it was announced back in September, analysts said it was going to be the start of a new trade war . In case no one noticed, that hasn't happened... China appears to have little inclination to escala...

Seen that? - Business School for Startups?

...ian Business Online and noticed the "Lessons from startup school" headline. The Centre of Entrepreneurship (COE) at Centennial College in Toronto is opening up its entrepreneur school to eve...

Seen that? - 2005: A Year Of Diabetes Breakthroughs

... Did I mention great performance? Best Large SUV: Toyota Sequoia -- I [...] Read More Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 at TJ's Weblog Courtesy ...

Seen that? - Internet marketing made simple-and cheap!

...r conversations with such veterans as RightNow Technologies founder Greg Gianforte and Austin-based entrepreneur Bijoy Goswami. Here's an overview: 1. Ideas are overrated. Instead of that one big ...

Sun Fixes Vulnerabilities with Java 6 Update 17

© AMagill Sun Microsystems this week released Java 6 Update 17 . "Among the issues fixed by Sun is a command execution vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment Deployment Toolkit," writes InternetNews' Sean Michael Kerner . "According to Sun's advisory on the i...

Seen that? - Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable

... We screwed up on open source, says Sun Chief Open Source Officer at Java Entrepreneur Yes you read it absolutely correctly; this is what Sim...

Seen that? - How often the simplest solution is the best one

... Dynamic Ads Solution: Get interactive AJAX advertisements on your cell phone at Java Entrepreneur Here is Dynamic Ads solution using which advertisers w...

Java Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time

Sun Microsystems this week announced that the Java Store should finally "fling open the doors to shoppers in the next week or so." "Sun's Store was launched as a free beta program in June at the final JavaOne, with Sun promising a US roll-out by the end of 2009," wri...

Seen that? - SIPMethod Application Server Beta Released

... Introduces Installation Program for NetBeans IDE and JBoss Application Server at Java Entrepreneur Sun Microsystems has introduced an installation progra...

Turning Your Idea into a Business

... © egor.gribanov Women Entrepreneur has a good piece recently on how to turn your idea into a business. Lots of people have brilliant ideas for great gadgets, gizmos or thingamabobs, but...

When the Plan's Not Right...

...Cale Bruckner Things don't always go as planned. So what do you do when your planning is off? Entrepreneur.com recently had some suggestions... I've said many times that what really matters in ...

Sun Microsystems to Cut 3,000 Jobs

© Silveira Neto Sun Microsystems has announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the coming year. "The job losses -- about 10 percent of the global workforce -- are the latest in a series of cuts by the struggling company, which reached the $7.4 billion deal with Oracle in April," write...

Seen that? - AJAX based E-messenger

...More Java RIA based on Swing - an interesting alternative to AJAX at Java Entrepreneur Bruno Schaeffer calls this an interesting alternative ...

Oracle Improves Middleware Tools

At Oracle 's OpenWorld 2009 conference this week, the company announced plans for a range of improvements in its middleware and business intelligence products. "The firm announced the 'planned future releases' of Oracle JDeveloper 11g , Oracle Application Development Framework (AD...

JetBrains Announces Open Source Version of IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains has announced a free, open source Community Edition of its Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA . "IntelliJ is now available in two forms , one of which will now be free," writes SD Times' Alex Handy . "The Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA will not only be free, but it ...

China's Entrepreneur Confidence Index is Up

... © Stephen_AU China has a entrepreneur confidence index - a scale of 0 to 200. And for the third quater of the year it's up almost 10 points, to 120.1 according to China CSR . The index,...

Avoiding Layoffs by Pruning and Upgrading

... © aflcio2008 Venture Beat's Entrepreneur's Corner had a great piece at the beginning of the month on how to avoid large scale layoffs. Let's face it. We all know that healthy busines...

Seen that? - The Audeamus Awards Round #2

...re we... (Photo from PBS) Before getting to this week's social entrepreneurship awards, it should be noted that PBS has a program out on social entrepreneurs calle...

Seen that? - A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS?

... A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS? at Java Entrepreneur One thing I've always had a problem with is figuring out who really has their stuff together a...

What to Look for in a Co-Founder

© Mike Miley Mike McDerment has an article online on what to look for in a co-founder for your new business. They say choosing your partner is the most important decision you will make in life. I’d say choosing your co-founder(s) is the most important decision you will make in buildi...

Keep Yourself Sharp

...in life, keeping yourself mentally well tuned is extremely important if you want to be successful. Entrepreneur.com 's Scott Halford recently had some tips to help you keep yourself sharp. The founda...

Seen that? -

...r of the Personal Finance Weblog. Justin is new at blogging, but he is a natural at it. He is an entrepreneur and Research Director for IndexCreditCards.com, a Web site offering credit card compari...

Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable

... We screwed up on open source, says Sun Chief Open Source Officer at Java Entrepreneur Yes you read it absolutely correctly; this is what Sim...

Seen that? - 10 shoestring principles for business

... Managing editor Isabel M. Isidro's story entitled 10 lessons for every "shoestring" entrepreneur at PowerHomeBiz.com includes some important points for any business. However, some of t...

Seen that? - The Robin Hood Awards Round #1.5

...ng against injustice and tyranny? Robbing and fighting are a bit too harsh of words for what social entrepreneurs are up to, but they are interested in feeding the poor and fighting injustice and tyra...

Seen that? - IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL

... IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL at Java Entrepreneur I keep reading about the relatively new language Ruby and its web framework Rails but I haven't ...

Do You Really Like ALL Your Customers?

... Entrepreneur.com recently asked a profound question: Is every customer a good customer? The goal for most people when they start a business is to find and build a solid customer base. Out of eag...

Ellison Sez EC Delays Costing Oracle $100 Million a Month

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says the European Commission's delaying of his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems is costing Oracle $100 million a month. "Ellison, speaking to former Motorola boss and sometime Sun prez and COO Ed Zander at a Silicon Valley networking event, sai...

Introducing Opera Mini 5

Opera Software this week released the beta version of Opera Mini 5 . "The browser is available for a wide variety of devices including feature phones with Java ME, as well as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones," writes InformationWeek's Marin Perez . "Opera Mini is...

First Business? Some Tips...

... Entrepreneur published some tips this month for rookie business owners. If this is your first business, you should take note... Tip number one? Focus! Many first-time entrepreneurs feel the need to...

GyPSii Releases Java App

GyPSii has released a Java version of its social networking app for mobile phones. "The Java client works on more than 100 handsets initially, taking the total number of phones supported by GyPSii to more than 350," writes Mobile Entertainment News' Stuart Dredge . "The...

Microsoft Research Introduces Doloto

Microsoft Research has released Doloto , a tool that makes Web pages more responsive by decreasing the initial download size of complex AJAX Web applications. "Microsoft ran experiments across a number of AJAX applications and network conditions, finding that Doloto reduced the amoun...

Oracle to Sell Sun's Hardware Business to HP?

© mrbill Fortune's Jon Fortt reports that Oracle may be planning to sell Sun Microsystems ' hardware business to HP . "It's no secret that Larry Ellison wanted Sun Microsystems for its software, not its servers," Fortt writes. "HP, on the other hand, wan...

Stella & Dot Jewelry

...sion to create a new kind of company that would help today's busy woman thrive. As a successful entrepreneur, who co-founded WeddingChannel.com, Jessica wanted to use her talents to help solve the...

Success, Failure, and the Need to Keep Trying

...ays that wont work" - To me addresses the trials and tribulations of a small business owner or entrepreneur. Failure in start ups happens. It can happen again and again, and will happen. Failure ...

What's Your Motivation

... BusinessWeek had a great piece early this month on what motivates an entrepreneur. The article was an interview with Bob Crane, aged 58, who has run the company he started ( C Crane ) for teh past...

DOJ Approves Oracle-Sun Deal

© Mark Coggins Oracle Corporation this week announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems . "Oracle announced its bid for Sun in April, after abandoning plans to combine businesses with IBM," writes PC Mag's Chloe...

Leslie Greene Sterling Inspirations

... Designer Sterling Silver Jewelry An entrepreneur with a creative heart and strategic mind for business, Leslie Greene was inspired to design her own line to satisfy every woman's desire for...

VMWare Buys SpringSource

VMWare this week announced plans to acquire SpringSource for $362 million in cash and equity, plus the assumption of approximately $58 million of unvested stock and options. "No open source code company has fetched such a price since Red Hat bought JBoss for $350 million in 2006...

Startup Models: Push or Pull?

... © toffehoff Young Entrepreneur examined two contrasting startup models recently. If you have thought much about the difference between a "push" model and a "pull" model for ...

Building a Niche Business

... © country_boy_shane Entrepreneur Dot Com had an interesting piece recently on building a successful niche business. Niche products and services have the potential to generate big bucks if they...

Franchising Myths

© chego101 I saw an articles recently on myths many business people have in their heads regarding franchise businesses. They're the kind of myths that prevent people from getting into a franchsie. The author is Terry O. Powell: As a 25-year veteran of the franchise industry and a multi-...

Oracle-Sun Deal Under Increased Scrutiny

© cliff1066 Oracle 's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems is now receiving increased scrunity from both United States and European Union regulators. "The Redwood City, Calif.-based database giant said in June that although the U.S. Department of Justice had escalated an ini...

Sun Releases Java SE 6 Update 15

Sun has released Java SE 6 Update 15 , with revisions to both the Java SE development kit (JDK) and the Java runtime environment (JRE). "With these versions, the developers fixed numerous bugs and resolved several security issues," according to The H Security . "One of the...

Murdoch's desperate ploy

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reported a $203 million loss on the back of writedowns and plunging advertising revenues. Look at the numbers in these accounts, they are truly ugly. They are mainly due to impairment charges for Fox Interactive Media, the unit that houses the MySpace...

Google's Chrome OS Should Have Entrepreneurs Salivating

...Google's new Chrome OS operating system should set up some mouth-watering opportunities for entrepreneurs, according to Entrepreneur Dot Com. Why? Because the possibility of web-based applicatio...

Startup-Friendly Industries

How do you decide whether opening your own startup business is a good idea? Consider a couple of things. How example, how much startup capital does it take to get into the industry? How long does it take to move a business from opening its doors to profitability? What kind of grow forecast is the...

What is Your World Changing Idea?

... © Samuel Mann The future of business is green. Eco-friendly entrepreneurs are the wave of the future. That is the premise of a contest sponsored by financial news channel CNBC and financial servi...

Firefox 3.5.1 Patches JavaScript Vulnerability

Mozilla has fixed a severe JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox . " Firefox version 3.5.1 fixes the critical flaw, revealed... by vulnerability tracking firm Secunia and which arises when the browser processes JavaScript code to handle HTML font tags," writes SC Magazine's ...

Sun Shareholders Approve Oracle Acquisition

© Silveira Neto With 62 percent voting in favor of the deal, Sun Microsystems shareholders have approved the company's merger with Oracle . "Pending approval by the Justice Department, database titan Oracle is set to acquire Sun for $9.50 per share in cash, or $5.6 billion incl...

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Raising Money for Your Start-Up

VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now. The piece is an interesting, fairly personal account of what's involved in getting cash for a startup. And it comes complete with presentation sl...

Employee or Entrepreneur? The Pros and Cons of Self-Employment

...ctive is especially interesting because his blog is not about bootstraping - or any other kind of entrepreneurship. It's just about personal finance... Although I tend toward entrepreneurial end...

Common Errors in Writing a Business Plan

VentureBeat had a useful piece a few days ago on common mistakes that get made in the process of writing a business plan. The top of the list is a mistake people make even before they start writing: they procrastinate. It's easy to find distractions (such as your busy schedule) to prevent you...

The Mercedes Folding Bike

...- Social Media for thought sharing | Collaborative blogging experience. • Unintentional Entrepreneur - Online Resources for the New Entrepreneur • BloggingStocks • MuzkMesh - Last.fm & Lyric...

Java vs. Mono

SD Times' David Worthington this week published an excellent article contending that Microsoft's Mono framework has become more popular for Linux desktop applications than Java . "'We have seen a real spike in Mono [application] development for the Linux desktop over th...

AMR: Oracle/Sun to 'Wreak Havoc' on Enterprise Software Market

InformationWeek's Deborah Gage this week noted that a new report from AMR Research finds that (according to Gage) " Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and Sun's Java programming language could 'wreak havoc' on the enterprise software market... because so man...

Download Java, Get a Free Month of Online Backup

Sun Microsystems and Carbonite have announced a partnership under which users who download the newest version of Java will receive a free 30-day trial of Carbonite Online Backup . "Carbonite Online Backup installs in a few clicks and runs automatically in the background, continuall...

Facebook 筹拍自传电影

...dental Billionaires) 一书改编，编剧是 Aaron Sorkin。创作人员包括 Scott Rudin、Michael De Luca、Dana Brunetti 和演员 Kevin Spacey。这部电影名字暂定为《社会化网络》，但也可能改为《偶然的亿万富翁》。 一名娱乐界消息人士称，早期的演员遴选工作已经启动，扮演 Facebook 创始人 Mark Zuckerberg...

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... • Leader of Authors Guild Defends Google Book Settlement • Apple 2.4 Update Now Available, Updated Remote App with Gestures • Fever° Red hot. Well read. • iPhone App Store 首款成人软件 Hottest Girls...

Get a Handle on Expenses

Karin Price Mueller had a piece not long ago on how to get a handle on your expenses that should be required reading if you manage a business. This is not the kind of economy in which you should be spending unnecessarily. Some expenses are obvious areas to pare back, but others-those vampire expen...

Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...

Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics: What is a grant? Who can qualify? How do you apply? What types of grants are available? What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a grant? Why would a grant application not b...

Can Wind Power Make a Profit?

...looks at one specific example... A windmill doesn't make economic sense, even though this poor entrepreneur is gouged 19 cents per kilowatt-hour from his utility. A 121-foot, 100-kilowatt turbine ...

Social Entrepreneurship using Facebook

... a website for sharing photos and contact info. with friends but also a good way of starting social entrepreneurship initiatives. The video below illustrates this in a very easy way: Find more...

Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability

© arquera Apple this week finally released a patch for a serious Java security flaw that's been around since December of last year. "The flaw is fixed in Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Mac OS X 10.4.11, available from Apple's website or via OS X's built-in software update mechanism...

Genuitec Intros MyEclipse 7.5

Genuitec this week released version 7.5 of both MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench and MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench Blue Edition . "For our Blue Edition customers we're proud to share new design and advanced layouts that IBM shops will feel comfortable adopting," says Genuit...

How to Create an Action Plans

... do something . But deciding to do something is different than deciding how to do something... Entrepreneur.com had a good piece recently on creating an action plan. This is the number one secre...

Problem Solving is Key

Success in starting a business is mostly about figuring out what to do when challenges arise. So I couldn't help but get a little excited when I say this point on problem solving . In the piece Sid Kemp looks a six basic steps to assessing and solving problems. And in his view, most of it is c...

Microsoft Hearts Java

© A Y U M i (LoveLiveLaugh) At last week's JavaOne conference, Microsoft execs did their best to woo the Java developers in attendance. "'I want to say, absolutely, we come in peace,' pledged Steven Martin, one of a pair of Microsoft executives to address the crowd at ...